so my gaming pc i just got has a weird problem... as soon as the cpu hits 64 degrees celcius it shut my whole computer down... i am dumb when it comes to computer so ill try and tell you what it has..
8 gigs of ram
amd phenom quad core processor
asus mother board
nvidia 550 ti cyclone 2
and i think that it.... please help if you can i have researched this for days and i dont know what to do anymore... thanks

Download and install hwmonitor
and see what the temps etc are. Download the 1.19 setup, english on the right-hand side.
....take a reading when not running the game or programs CPU(core) and GPU Video card and post them. (Just a screenshot of results is fine)

OK...then the Thermal paste on the Heatsink may have dried out and needs replacing. not a big job and Arctic Silver paste is cheap and very good. I would get on with that as running the CPU that warm for is not good for it.

well a little update... i went to bestbuy today and bought some thermal paste,they only had dynex so i picked it up... i came home and pulled my cooler off and to my suprise there was no thermal paste on it... everything was still shiny and clean... i put the thermal paste on and the hottest it has got now is 39c is that acceptable?

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